Table 5.
Baseline results.
Carbon Tax + | ||||
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Carbon tax | Biofuel policy | |||
Variable | Quantity | Price | Quantity | Price |
Agricultural sector: production | ||||
Total | −0.003 | 0.034 | −0.045 | −0.0 |
Biofuels | 0.717 | 0.034 | −1.008 | −0.0 |
Food | −0.032 | 0.034 | −0.007 | −0.0 |
Agricultural sector: inputs | ||||
Land-share agriculture | 0.012 | 0.02 | −0.037 | −0.005 |
Energy in agriculture | −0.293 | 0.609 | −0.355 | 0.618 |
Fertilizer production | −0.021 | 0.065 | −0.062 | 0.033 |
Water production | 0.009 | 0.005 | −0.036 | −0.02 |
Energy-related sectors and services | ||||
Fossil-fuel in energy services | −0.368 | 0.636 | −0.362 | 0.641 |
Fossil-fuel in fertilizer prod. | −0.135 | 0.636 | −0.184 | 0.641 |
Fossil-fuel in fisheries | −0.211 | 0.636 | −0.223 | 0.641 |
Energy services | −0.319 | 0.609 | −0.32 | 0.618 |
Energy in manufacturing | −0.321 | 0.609 | −0.318 | 0.618 |
Renewables production | 0.466 | 0.173 | 0.475 | 0.176 |
Extractive sectors | ||||
Fossil-fuel extraction | −0.364 | 0.636 | −0.359 | 0.641 |
Phosphate extraction | −0.007 | −0.005 | −0.049 | −0.033 |
Other | ||||
Land-share timber | 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.021 | −0.005 |
Land-share natural | −0.014 | 0.02 | 0.043 | −0.005 |
Fisheries production | −0.102 | 0.091 | −0.112 | 0.085 |
Timber production | 0.003 | 0.01 | 0.018 | 0.009 |
Manufacturing | −0.031 | 0.029 | −0.026 | 0.034 |
Percentage change in key model variables from two policy scenarios, a one-percent increase in the carbon tax and a two-tier policy consisting of a one-percent increase in the carbon tax together with a one-percent reduction of biofuel subsidies.